Summary:
Colonel Michael G. Harman, Confederate commander and quartermaster at Staunton, VA,
discusses supplies captured at Winchester in September, 1862.
Gen. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector Gen.:
STAUNTON, VA.,
September 5, 1862.
The following dispatch has just been received from Lieut.-Col. Funk:
I am in possession of Winchester, capturing some 90 prisoners, large amount of
quartermaster's and commissary stores, ammunition, &c. They blew up a large
magazine and two blocks of houses, retreating to Martinsburg. Inquire of Confederate
States marshal what I shall do in regard to the stock of goods the merchants have on hand.
Please advise and answer immediately by telegraph, via Harrisonburg.
J. H. S.
FUNK,
Lieut.-Col.
I have sent A. Lynn to take charge of the goods. Please telegraph immediately what I shall do with them.
Very respectfully,
M. G. HARMAN,
Col. Fifty-second Regt. Virginia Volunteers.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 19, Serial No. 28, Pages 594, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
